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Secondary school in Rotherham

Maltby Academy

Braithwell Road, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S66 8AB

Sixth form
School website 01709812864

Ofsted

Inspected under the current framework, which gives no overall grade, on 28 April 2026.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

42 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

34% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

52% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

3.6 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

22% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the lower half of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is middle, which is where this one sits, it is in the lower half.

Progress 8 2023/24

-0.13confidence interval -0.34 to 0.08

Taking that range into account, progress was not statistically different from the national average. DfE bands this as average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
C-
Average points per entry
26.2

England average 32.3

A level students
38

Pupils

Pupils on roll
1096
Places
1200
How full
91% full — 1096 of 1200 places taken
Girls / boys
585 / 511
Overall absence
10%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
32%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
34%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
5%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
5%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
18%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
87%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
76%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
6%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
37%
No sustained destination
10%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
183

After sixth form

Went to university
46%

England 50%

In education, work or training
84%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
8%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
74

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

4% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
41%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
76

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Rotherham 018F, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
23%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
27%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
74%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
15%

England 17%

Households with no car
19%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
44%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 11–19
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Trust
MALTBY LEARNING TRUST
Headteacher
Principal: Richard Wood
Local authority
Rotherham
Ward
Hellaby & Maltby West
Constituency
Rother Valley
URN
136042

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
Wickersley School and Sports CollegeAcademy converter Good 2023 49 2.7 mi
Dinnington High SchoolAcademy converter Requires improvement 2023 42.3 3.5 mi
Sir Thomas Wharton AcademyAcademy converter Good 2021 43.3 3.6 mi
Thrybergh AcademyAcademy converter Requires improvement 2023 28.8 4.1 mi
De Warenne AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 48.9 4.3 mi
St Bernard's Catholic High SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 48.9 4.7 mi
Clifton Community SchoolAcademy sponsor led No grade 29.4 5.4 mi
Oakwood High SchoolAcademy converter No grade 47.5 5.7 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded secondary schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Christ The King Catholic High School and Sixth Form CentreVoluntary aided school Good 2023 41.8
Lostock High SchoolCommunity school No grade 43.7
Oxford Spires AcademyAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 46.3
Chestnut Grove AcademyAcademy converter Good 2024 55.1
Highams Park SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 47.5
The Deepings SchoolAcademy converter No grade 38.6
Sir Harry Smith Community CollegeAcademy converter No grade 40.6
Outwood Academy PortlandAcademy sponsor led No grade 47.9

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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